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It's been a week, huh? We're taking a mental health break, but podcasts never stop! So, instead of our usual programming, we present a supercut of our bright spot segment, featuring six months of things that made us happy. Hopefully this episode makes you happy too. We'll see you next week when we dig into magical metals that are also drugs, but for this week, let's just be happy for an hour and a...

We've finally done, we made it to our first Gamer Holiday! To celebrate N7 Day, we're doing our first ever Mass Effect topic: the N7 Program. We get into what all the Ns are, as well as discovering a huge surprise about a gamer backlog or two. Links Find us online: gordonhamburger.com Follow Phil: threads.net/@philbothun Follow Logan: OFFLINE Listen to Nicholas Cahill's music on soundcloud.com/nca...

Visit vote.org to register to vote, check your status, and find your polling place. For our first ever spook-tacular episode, we dig into the Falador Massacre, the closest we'll ever get to True Crime. Logan regales the tale of Durial321, an opportunist mass murderer who, after leaving a large house party, turns his Abyssal Whip onto the masses. Sit back in your comfy chair, pop open up a pumpkin...

Today's episode goes roots-deep on one particular twisted bush near the farming guild in Old School RuneScape! That's right, we're about server rollbacks. There's charts, there's economics, there's discussion of XP to GP ratios, and yes, we talk about how two particular items brought the economy to its knees. Links Find us online: gordonhamburger.com Follow Phil: threads.net/@philbothun Follow Log...

We're back! Today's episode is a bit of a switch up. Introducing Codex Minis: the same casual lore goodness you love, but in a mini(ish) size! Today's episode is a continuation of our last episode on Runecrafting. How you level it, what's up with the Abyss, and some Old School Runechat about runnin' law runes across state lines. Links Find us online: gordonhamburger.com Follow Phil: threads.net/@p...

It's time to put the Rune in Runescape! What are runes, who is V, and would you watch a Ridley Scott movie about the Runecrafting Crusades if it was scored by Hans Zimmer? I bet Orlando Bloom would make a good White Knight. Links Find us online: gordonhamburger.com Follow Phil: threads.net/@philbothun Follow Logan: OFFLINE Listen to Nicholas Cahill's music on soundcloud.com/ncahill-1 Listen to Pri...

This episode has endgame spoilers for Starfield from 16:12 to 20:30. Skip to 20:30 to avoid endgame spoilers. This whole episode is a spoiler and talk-through of one of Starfield’s wierdest quests. If you’re adverse to spoilers, go play Operation Starseed. It’ll take you a little over an hour and is a fun time. Then, you can come back here and listen to us talk more about it. Correction: I say “Am...

What do cannibalism, diet toothpaste and William McKinley have in common? They're the reason that Halcyon is...the way it is. This week's episode is about the Outer Worlds, Obsidian's 2019 satirical space RPG. We dig into our first alternate history, talk a bit about the Great Man Theory, then talk about Rizzo the Rat and space religion. You know what they say, it's not the best lore, it's CORPO L...

Have you ever looked at your household pet and thought, "What if they could talk?" And then spent an excessive amount of research time and dollars to genetically enhance your cuddly pal into a bipedal, ripped, thumbs-having best friend? Then, after living in harmony for decades, something totally unconnected and tragic happens, causing all humanity to disappear? No? Well, Pugmire proposes the impo...

After taking a recording break last week to play Helldivers, we decided that we have been talking on the side about Helldivers a lot lately, so it was time to pop the cork and chat about Managed Democracy and what makes Super Earth so super. It's also a big discussion about making a what happens when the thing you make is loved for a reason you may not have intended and a final chat about how vide...

It's a full podcast episode this week with Logan back from being sick. Phil had finished Flintlock the night before and, with a mostly recovered Logan, it was time to get metaphysical, metaphysical. Discussed Fishermen's Friend, 3D Printing, CAD Tools, Episode 15 of the Codex Casual Lore Podcast, Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, Souls, Mesopotamian Mythology, Gods Who Guard Doors, Job Systems in Heav...

Logan is out with Covid this week, so you know what that means: we (I) get to talk about what I've been playing lately: the Napoleonic fashion simulator (and Souls-lite) Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn. This is a real fun one because there's so few resources to go off of for Flintlock. I get into some of the cool aspects of world building and talk a bit about what makes this such an interesting game...

In Logan's ongoing quest to get Phil interested in playing Old School RuneScape, today we're talking about the Fight Caves underneath a volcano and the denizens therein. We talk about our boy Jad, Phil's boy Guthan, something called "prayer-flicking" (it's not what you think), and of course capes. Discussed Dr. Bronner’s Peppermint Soap, Take Five, Five Gum, Axe Body Spray, Defunctland, Disney Cha...

"This will be a short one," Phil said to himself. "An episode about a toy I enjoyed playing with as a child! How extensive could the lore be for a 33-piece Lego set? It's been a busy weekend, so I'll just write up some quick notes for a tight 40 minute chat." Hubris is thy name, dear reader. Discussed Thomas the Tank Engine, Bionicle, Maori cultural names, Boneheads of Voodoo Island (yikes), Lego,...

Welcome to Codex, a casual lore podcast where we are just always asking, "So are there vampires there though?" Today's episode is about Draynor Village and Manor from the starting area of Old School Runescape. That's right folks, it's another Time to OSRS = 0 episode. There's weirdly a lot of chickens, a few literary references, and the reveal of Draynor's greatest past time: getting drunk and bla...

Phil here with a * spoiler warning . * At 49:11 through 01:21:56, we discuss the antagonist and broad story beats of Tomb Raider 1 (1996) and discuss the themes of the Survivor Trilogy, with broad discussion of Tomb Raider (2013) and Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018) endings. I tried to keep the discussion away from discrete big story beats, so you should be relatively spoiler-free, but hey, just k...

*We are not time experts. This month’s episode is a little bit about Y2K and a lot bit about your thermostat getting caught in a boot loop in 2038, a year not nearly as catchy as Y2K. Discussed Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Y2K, Swatch Internet Time, Pizza Hut, Thermostats, Runescape, 4-bit, 32-bit, and 64-bit timekeeping, heat death of the universe, general collapse and e-waste-ification of Amazon garb...

God Wars, the Ages of the Land, and what's this? Six brothers with wheelbarrows? No no, this isn't a knockoff Snow White, nor are those wheelbarrows! It is the Barrows Brothers, the citizen knights of a holy revolution enshrouded in their purple-tier armor! Hark, it's Guthan and his five other brothers who also have names. Discussed (Not) Zulrah, storm tracking, pixel art, GB Studio, frock coats,...

Gather 'round children as Logan tells another tale of the Market. This one has giant snakes, rare vodka, and wood. Lots and lots of wood. Should Runescape bots unionize? How are bots increasing shareholder value? We dig into this and more on this week's episode of (OSRS) Stock Advice with Logan! Discussed Mornings at the beach, market speculation, OSRS elemental combat, Zulrah and their teleportat...

Do you remember Chuck E. Cheese? What if, and go along with me on this one, what if Chuck E. Cheese was possessed by a kid and instead of playing a godawful song, they were out for vengeance? Sounds pretty messed up, huh? Welcome to our discussion of Five Nights at Freddy's, a game series that neither of us have engaged with at all...until now. Discussed Anbernic RG35XXSP, Squirrels, Rabbits, Bird...

We were chatting through some of the Summer Game Fest season trailers and were luckily recording before our next Codex episode. We figured we'd toss them up unedited in case you haven't got enough reactions from your favorite sites about all the cool stuff that was announced or shown last week. We hope you enjoy! Oh, and if you want to let us know why you like Gears of War (non-accusatory), reach...

Time to Runescape: 00:00. Today is Part One of our discussion of Runescape’s Great Exchange and the economics of an MMO. Is it mostly a seminar on how the stock market works? I mean, yeah. It’s wild that it’s just in the text of the game though, huh? Discussed Intros, outros, panicking, MMOs, Runescape, Runescape 2, Runescape 3, Old School Runescape, farmers markets, MMO revolts, alchemy, price ma...

Remember how we all played a cute little pocket monster capturing game and ran into this guy who really liked electricity and wore military fatigues? What's his deal do you think? Let's take a trip into the Danger Zone and talk about Lt. Surge! Discussed Old lamps, patio furniture, Lt. Surge, thunder stones, heartbreak, Great Pokemon War Theory, Pokemon Red, Blue, Gold, Silver, and Crystal, Pikach...

Have you ever thought how cool it would be to jump into the shoes of a past ancestor and really live it up? You know, learn how to climb trees, leap into hay bails, and do some real John Wick stuff before John Wick existed? That's right, today's episode is about the Animus, a cool VR device from Assassin's Creed that only really makes sense if you don't think about it too much. Discussed Cannons,...

Introducing our first bonus show: Infodumping! This month’s episode is about bartering and, specifically, the Pepsi Navy, a Real and True thing that happened. Discussed HP Touchpad, PalmOS, Metro: 2033, Money, Currency, Trade, Bartering, Pepsi, Harrier Jets, Hunt for Red October, Stoli Vodka, Diesel Submarines. Links Lions Led by Donkeys Episode 62 Find us online: gordonhamburger.com Follow Phil:...